万花筒 2012-03-07&03-09 美国各州英语大不同
时间：2019-01-07 作者：英语课 分类：万花筒2012年
英语课
We think across America we’re all speaking the same English, but in fact, we are not. And we’ve been hearing from you all day, because a new dictionary is out—and it’s the dictionary of American regional English, it’s just arrived and Peggy emailed, for instance, a whiskerdilla means that’s really something if you’re in Wisconsin. Linda in Oklahoma told us grocery cards are buggies there, and here’s ABC’s John Berman with more.
Behold 1, conclusive 2 proof that American is the world’s only super power.
To you this might look like a dust bunny. That pull of hair and dust that collects under your bed, but in the northeast they call it a Dust Kitty, the south House Moss 3, Pennsylvania a Woolie, and California a flug or a monggy, the monggy, 170 words for this same thing, we truly are the land of plenty, plenty of words, quirky, colorful, different words, depending on where you’re from.
Heavy rain, in the Ozarks, a fence lifter, Tennessee, a Gully washer, and on the Gulf 4 coast, a Toad 5 Strangler.
A large sandwich in Pennsylvania is a Hoagie, in New York a Hero, and in New England, Grinders, except the parts of Boston where they call it a Spucky.
And in Appalachia, you can wash it down with a Pretty Girl’s station, which is what they call lemonade. Or grab a drink at the bubbler in Wisconsin, a water fountain to the rest of us. It’s perfect for a parched 6 throat, or as they say in Mississippi a parched goozle. It’s a celebration and reminder 7 of our rich real diversity. A country where you can eat a plate of noodles or hit a river to go noodling, that’s barehanded cat fishing, I tried it in Missouri.
We all might speak differently, but we all speak American, and if you don’t like it, you have a bad case of the moligrubs, and should go shut yourself in a rumpled 8 camera.
John Berman, ABC news, New York.
v.看，注视，看到
- The industry of these little ants is wonderful to behold.这些小蚂蚁辛勤劳动的样子看上去真令人惊叹。
- The sunrise at the seaside was quite a sight to behold.海滨日出真是个奇景。
adj.最后的，结论的；确凿的，消除怀疑的
- They produced some fairly conclusive evidence.他们提供了一些相当确凿的证据。
- Franklin did not believe that the French tests were conclusive.富兰克林不相信这个法国人的实验是结论性的。
n.苔，藓，地衣
- Moss grows on a rock.苔藓生在石头上。
- He was found asleep on a pillow of leaves and moss.有人看见他枕着树叶和苔藓睡着了。
n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂
- The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
- There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
n.蟾蜍，癞蛤蟆
- Both the toad and frog are amphibian.蟾蜍和青蛙都是两栖动物。
- Many kinds of toad hibernate in winter.许多种蟾蜍在冬天都会冬眠。
adj.焦干的；极渴的；v.（使）焦干
- Hot winds parched the crops.热风使庄稼干透了。
- The land in this region is rather dry and parched.这片土地十分干燥。
n.提醒物，纪念品；暗示，提示
- I have had another reminder from the library.我又收到图书馆的催还单。
- It always took a final reminder to get her to pay her share of the rent.总是得发给她一份最后催缴通知，她才付应该交的房租。